Ipswitch announced plans to double its EMEA business over the next 36 months and is investing heavily to expand and enable channel partners.
Reinforcing its commitment to rapid EMEA channel growth across the region, Ipswitch is expanding its EMEA team with some significant executive appointments.
Michael Hack joins the team as SVP EMEA Operations. Previously President at Sitecore, a global customer experience management software firm, Hack will oversee the existing EMEA business and will drive further expansion of the strategic partner network. As part of his remit, he will be responsible for initiating on-the ground resources and directing the efforts of channel teams to support partners in their sales and solution delivery activities.
Hack will be joined by Roland Renner, who is appointed to the newly created role of Senior Director DACH/Eastern Europe. Responsible for spearheading Ipswitch’s deeper penetration of these key country markets, Renner’s appointment marks a milestone in the company’s EMEA expansion strategy. Renner will be joining previously appointed Robert Farmer who is now responsible for sales across UK, Northern Europe and MEA, and Yannick Hello responsible for sales across France and Southern Europe.
“Having a dedicated senior team will make a huge difference to our performance in EMEA, and will enable us to support our partner network in the pursuit of new deals and opportunities across the region,” commented Diane Albano, EVP & Chief Revenue Officer Global Sales.
In a bid to enable enhanced cross sell programs and better align territory strategies to target growth, Ipswitch has expanded the terms of its distribution agreement with Infinigate.
The move sees Infinigate, a Value-Added Distributor (VAD) which offers a broad range of business services to the reseller community, acquire VAD status for both File Transfer and Network Management products in seven European countries: the UK, France, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Norway and Denmark.
“In recent months we’ve consulted closely with our EMEA distributors, significantly expanding our sales, marketing and support field-based teams to enable accelerated growth for our European partner network,” said Albano.
“This completes the integration of the two formerly independent partner programs that served our business lines. The new agreement with Infinigate complements our existing distributor ecosystem, while giving us a presence in some key Nordic territories for the very first time.”
To drive further growth for its partners and resellers, Ipswitch has undertaken a comprehensive review of its incentive program, unifying the discount matrix across all product lines. Highlights of the new PartnerSynergy scheme include:
- Distributors now benefit from enhanced rewards for new reseller recruitment and a streamlined, more transparent progression path through the ranks of the programme.
- Distributors and resellers now benefit from enhanced rewards for new license sales and renewal/maintenance sales; a new deal registration process will further enhance this process for new license sales.
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